[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3150]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, due to business in the District, I was 
unavoidably detained on Wednesday, March 13. Had I been present, I 
would have voted as follows on the amendments to H.R. 2341, the Class 
Action Fairness Act: ``aye'' on the Waters Amendment (Roll-call No. 
56); ``aye'' on the Conyers Amendment (Roll-call No. 58); ``aye'' on 
the Jackson-Lee Amendment (Roll-call No. 59) and ``aye'' on the Frank 
Amendment (Roll-call No. 60).
  Finally, I would have voted ``aye'' on the motion to recommit offered 
by Mr. Sandlin (Roll-call No. 61) and ``nay'' on final passage of H.R. 
2341.

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